Cattle-guard for railways.



PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

B. A. MANNY. CATTLE GUARD FOR RAILWAYS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18.1907.

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PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

No. 872,951. E.A.MANNY. CATTLE GUARD FOR YRAILWAYS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 18.1907.

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Inventor,

Witness'es:

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EMILIEN ALFRED MANNY, OF BEAUHARNOIS, QUEBEC, CANADA.

CATTLE-GUARD FOR RAILWAYS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed March 18. 1907- Serial No. 363,112.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMILIEN ALFRED MANNY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Beauharnois, county of Beauharnois, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle-Guards for Railways; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to cattle guards for railway tracks the object of my invention is to'provide a simply constructed guard, so arranged that an animal may easily walk from between the rails, but will have difficulty in walking towards a point between the rails; a further object is to provide a guard constructed of wood with reinforced points; and, my invention consists of the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as herein illustrated, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, I have illustrated one form of embodiment of my invention, in which drawings similar reference characters designate corresponding parts, and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view; Fig. 2 is an end elevation; Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section. Fig. 4 is a plan View; and Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken through the rails showing the invention in end elevation.

Referring to the drawings, A designates wooden strips, between which are disposed the space blocks B, the space blocks and strips being secured together as by means of the bolts E, so that a unitary structure is formed thereby.

The upper edges of the strips A are cut away to form teeth C, each tooth being formed with three inclined surfaces 0, the longer one of which is'inclined downwardly and outwardly from a central line between the rails X. Each of the teeth Cis provided with a flat top 0 and with one vertical side 0 To reinforce the teeth C, a metallic member Gris driven vertically through the teeth to prevent their splitting.

In the operation of the invention, an'animal attempting to escape towards the track will have its hoof strike the inclined surfaces 0, thereby causing its knee to bend, and rendering it difficult for it to escape on the track. In walking from the track, the hoof of the animal will strike the inclined surfaces 0, and will strike either against the vertical walls a or between two adjacent inclined surfaces 0, so that it will not slip, and can walk safely from the track.

In arranging the strips A, they are so disosed that the teeth C are staggered with relation to each other on alternating strips.

After arranging the construction described on a railway track, from a central line between the rails the longer inclined surface 0 extend downward toward the rails. Sections of the construction are arranged outside of the rails X and the longer surface 0 extends downward and away from the rails in these outside sections.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1 In a cattle guard, the combination com-.

prising a plurality of strips provided with teeth, each having three inclined surfaces and a vertical wall, means for spacing the strips apart, and means for binding the strips and spacing means together to form a unitary structure.

2. In a cattle guard, the combination comprising a plurality of strips provided with teeth, each having three inclined surfaces, a vertical wall and a flat top, spacing means disposed between the strips, and means for binding the strips and the spacing means together to form a unitary structure.

3. In a cattle guard, the combination comprising a plurality of continuous wood strips provided with integral teeth, each having a plurality of inclined sides and a vertical wall, means for spacing the strips apart, and means for binding the strips and spacing means into a unitary structure;

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

EMILIEN ALFRED MANNY.

Witnesses:

NnHnMIAs LEFEBRE, JOSEPH ALFRED SALMON. 

